Perfect toothpicks

Re “Picky, picky, picky,” Opinion, Oct. 30

Nature provides the best toothpicks -- namely, cactus needles. The prickly pear has nice, long needles. As they come off the plant, they are too sharp to use. But if one nips one-sixteenth of an inch off their points, they are perfect.

George Schroedter

Glendora